Ministers Chess

Invented by: Michael Corinthios, 1975

Game hierarchy

• Game
    • Generic Chess
        • Generic x9
            • Generic 9x9
                • Ministers Chess

Board

FEN: rnbmkmbnr/ppppppppp/9/9/9/9/9/PPPPPPPPP/RNBMKMBNR w AIai - 0 1

Piece Types

Internal NameNameNotationAdded ByNotes
KingKingKGeneric Chessroyal; can castle
PawnPawnPGeneric Chesscan promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation
RookRookRMinisters Chesscastling partner; open file bonus; trap king on back rank bonus
BishopBishopBMinisters Chesscolorbinding evaluation; outpost bonus
KnightKnightNMinisters Chessoutpost bonus
QueenMinisterMMinisters Chesstrap king on back rank bonus

Game Variables

Name = "Ministers Chess"
Invented = "1975"
InventedBy = "Michael Corinthios"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "rnbmkmbnr/ppppppppp/9/9/9/9/9/PPPPPPPPP/RNBMKMBNR"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = true

Declared in Generic Chess:

StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Standard
PromotionTypes = "MRNB"
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = Pawn
CastlingType = King

Declared in Generic x9:

PawnDoubleMove = true

Declared in Generic 9x9:

Castling = Long

Rules

MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
CastlingRule
RepetitionDrawRule

Evaluations

PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
LowMaterialEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
OutpostEvaluation

 
 

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